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Lexical quality measures in the assessment of reading proficiency in Brazilian university students

Medidas de qualidade lexical na avaliação da proficiência de leitura  em alunos universitários brasileiro

Isabel Almeida Bender Verrone; Caio Falcão Pereira; Maria Cristina Micelli Fonseca; Katerina Lukasova

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Abstract

Purpose: to assess the reading ability of university students using tasks to measure Lexical Quality (LQ) and evaluate the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on both the reading performance and the components of Lexical Quality (LQ).

Methods: 44 students from two federal universities took online linguistic tests, 19 from the Federal University of the Great ABC Region (UFABC) and 25 from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Brazil. Two-ranked Mann-Whitney (Wilcoxon rank-sum test) and Pearson’s Correlation tests at p<0,05 were applied to analyze the data.

Results: high and medium correlations were obtained among the different components of LQ, such as vocabulary and spelling recognition. In addition, significant differences were found between the performances of the two universities' students and their distinct socioeconomic levels.

Conclusion: shorter reading times were correlated to higher accuracy in the Test of Word Reading Efficiency for Adults. The number of correct answers in the homonym test was correlated to the higher accuracy of the Test of Word Reading Efficiency for Adults, and both were correlated to the reaction time measures of these tests. The influence of socioeconomic status on reading performance and Lexical Quality components tasks was also found.

Keywords

Reading; Higher Education; Young Adult; Literacy

Resumo

Objetivos: comparar o desempenho de alunos universitários brasileiros a partir de tarefas com habilidades de qualidade lexical e avaliar a influência do nível socioeconômico no desempenho da leitura e nos componentes que formam a qualidade lexical.

Métodos: testes linguísticos on-line foram aplicados em 44 estudantes de duas universidades federais, sendo 19 da Universidade Federal do ABC e 25 da Universidade Federal do Ceará. Para análise foram utilizados os testes Mann-Whitney (Wilcoxon rank-sum test) de duas vias e a Correlação de Pearson com p<0,05. 

Resultados: foram obtidas correlações altas e médias entre os diferentes componentes da qualidade lexical, tais como vocabulário e reconhecimento ortográfico, além de terem sido encontradas diferenças significativas entre o desempenho dos alunos das duas universidades e de diferentes níveis socioeconômicos. 

Conclusão: menor tempo de leitura apresentou correlação com maior quantidade de acertos na leitura de palavras em voz alta, a quantidade de acertos no teste de hormônios correlacionou-se a quantidade de acertos no teste de leitura em voz alta e ambas correlacionaram-se com o tempo de resposta destes testes. Houve, também, influência do nível socioeconômico no desempenho da leitura e nos componentes que formam a qualidade lexical. 
 

Palavras-chave

Leitura; Alfabetização; Adulto Jovem; Universidades

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Submitted date:
09/15/2023

Accepted date:
04/10/2024

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